Scholar and old attack

"Don't panic."

Xu Shuizhou held Fang Xinli's hand and comforted him gently. It should not be his business, otherwise Fang Xinli would not be able to leave the palace at all.

Xiao Zilei was taken aback by Xu Shuizhou's action. As another husband, he just touched another man's hand in front of his husband, and comforted him with nice words. Are you sure it's okay?

Xiao Zilei glanced at Jiang Jingyuan, always felt that there was a green hat on his head, and seeing Jiang Jingyuan looked like a normal person, he thought he didn't know the tricks between his husband and Fang Xinli, and felt a little sympathetic.

After thinking about it, Jiang Jingyuan treated him very well. Without him, he would not be admitted to Jinshi, and without him, he would not be able to reunite with his parents. It would be a little ungrateful for him to pretend that nothing happened.

"Eat a mung bean cake."

Xiao Zilei wanted to remind Jiang Jingyuan, so he stuffed Jiang Jingyuan with a piece of green pastry, hoping that Jiang Jingyuan would come to his senses soon.

Jiang Jingyuan looked at the mung bean cake in his hand, and was a little speechless, not knowing what Xiao Zilei was doing.

Xiao Zilei saw that he couldn't do one move, so he stuffed Jiang Jingyuan another piece, "One piece is not enough, I'll give you two."

"Thank you, I don't really like eating sticky teeth."

Jiang Jingyuan didn't understand why Xiao Zilei seemed to have taken the wrong medicine today, feeding him things he didn't like.

"Forehead……"

Xiao Zilei was a little speechless, usually Jiang Jingyuan is very smart, why did he hint twice this time, and he still hasn't figured out what he meant.

Could it be that Jiang Jingyuan has not yet opened up on the relationship between men and women, it shouldn't be, he has two children.

Seeing Xiao Zilei stuffing mung bean cakes for Jiang Jingyuan, the Xiao family's parents pulled Xiao Zilei's clothes, "Xiao Lei, since Jing Yuan doesn't like it, don't stuff it for him."

Although the guards outside the inn surrounded the inn, they were still polite. Jiang Jingyuan's brows relaxed, probably because of other matters, which had nothing to do with Fang Xinli.

Thinking of Jiang Jingyuan's eyes sweeping over Fang Xinli, he saw Xu Shuizhou holding Fang Xinli's hand at a glance, raised his eyebrows, and looked at the mung bean cake in his hand.

He seemed to understand what Xiao Zilei meant.

Xiao Zilei's heart was in his throat at the moment, logically speaking, today is a happy day for everyone, after all everyone has been admitted to Jinshi, he really didn't want such a sad scene to happen.

But as a brother, if you see this kind of thing, you can't avoid it.

At this time, he had a vague feeling of contempt for Fang Xinli, and even though Jiang Jingyuan had treated him well, he actually went to hook up with his husband.

The character is bad to the extreme.

Seeing Xiao Zilei's nervous appearance, Jiang Jingyuan slightly hooked his lips, smiled, and looked away, as if he didn't notice the scene of Xu Shuizhou and Fang Xinli holding hands.

"what……"

Xiao Zilei was surprised, he didn't expect Jiang Jingyuan to be so tolerant, seeing his husband hooking up with others, he still acted as if nothing happened.

Is it still a man...

While he was in doubt, there was a soft knock on the door, and a guard in extraordinary clothes with a knife on his waist asked in a very calm tone, "Is the person living inside Jiang Tanhua from Datong?"

Jiang Jingyuan frowned, he came to look for him, such a big fight?

Xu Shuizhou's heart twitched, and he was extremely worried about Jiang Jingyuan. His eyes followed Jiang Jingyuan naturally, and he clenched his fists. If something happened to Jiang Jingyuan, he would try his best to keep him safe.

Jiang Jingyuan gave him a steady look. If the other party had come to arrest someone, he would have kicked down the door a long time ago, and his tone would not be so calm.

"Hello."

Jiang Jingyuan got up to open the door for him, and still greeted him politely. Seeing that he was dressed like a guard in front of the palace, he was much higher than the unranked Tanhua Lang.

But the other party's tone was extremely equal, and there was no need for him to pretend to be too humble.

"This must be Jiang Tanhua, I am sure I was born with a good-looking talent. I am Xiao Shan, the imperial bodyguard. There is an order from the Holy Spirit, please come to Jiang Tanhua."

The first time Xiao Shan saw Jiang Jingyuan, he was shocked. Jiang Jingyuan's appearance was not ugly in the first place, coupled with his aura, his slightly wrinkled brows gave Xiao Shan a sense of oppression.

In this world, no one can give Xiao Shan a sense of oppression, and Jiang Jingyuan is one, so he naturally lowered his tone a little.

Considering the sense of oppression on Jiang Jingyuan and His Majesty's preference, this Jiang Tanhua's future is immeasurable. Now that he has a better attitude, it will be easier to deal with him in the future.

Xiao Shan's good words made Jiang Jingyuan's heart beat, he couldn't figure out what the other party was doing, he was not so arrogant that the dignified imperial guards would actually try to please him.

"Will Guard Xiao allow me to have a few words with my family members?"

Jiang Jingyuan knew that if he left like this, Xu Shuizhou would be secretly anxious again.

"Please."

Xiao Shan asked for his hand, and took a step towards the door, making it clear that he wanted to leave room for Jiang Jingyuan's family.

It was calm upstairs, but there was an uproar downstairs in the inn. Suddenly seeing so many palace guards surrounding the inn, everyone was wondering if something happened.

"It can't be that there is a character with bad conduct upstairs."

There was a man dressed as a scholar, drinking tea, shaking his head and gossiping with the people next to him.

The people next to him were quite disdainful of him, "I don't think so, if it's really misbehavior, there's no need for such a big posture, just hand it over to the government."

"Would it be possible that the people upstairs were caught cheating?"

At this time, some scholars who were jealous of Jiang Jingyuan and the others licked their lips and said excitedly.

No wonder they were jealous, when Jiang Jingyuan and the other three people would take the exam and release the results, all four of them who came together happened to pass the exam, which made some people who failed the exam every year go crazy with jealousy.

Why are they so lucky, several people all pass at once!

If it wasn't for the fact that Jiang Jingyuan and the others didn't go out very often, they would have been able to hear them doubting themselves just by being sarcasm.

"I think it's possible. I saw them all frowning when they released the rankings. They must have failed the exam, otherwise they wouldn't have come back in such a ghostly state."

Some people analyzed it well, there is no way that Jiang Jingyuan and his party are too high-profile, even if they are low-key, their achievements are really enviable.

It's hard not to get people's attention.

"Brother, I think you are confused. There may be cheating in other exams, but who dares to cheat in front of His Majesty's eyes in the palace exam? I think these few are too high-profile in the front. The palace test is exposed."

In the lobby of a dignified inn, most of them were gloating, and no one was worried about Jiang Jingyuan and the others.

In their hearts, everyone hoped that Jiang Jingyuan and the others would be unlucky. After all, the exam questions this year were too difficult, and there were not many Jinshi in the entire inn.

Only Jiang Jingyuan and his group of four passed by one after another, and they wouldn't believe it if there was anything tricky about it.

At the same time, in their hearts, they also hope that cheating will be found in this year's exam, so that they may retake the exam this year, and if they retake the exam, they will pass the exam.

Only the shopkeeper of the inn was thinking about his calculations, listening to the conversation of these scholars with his ears open. After listening to a few sentences, he closed his ears and continued to work on his account book.

At the same time, find out the names of the guests who live in the upstairs rooms separately. When you meet them later, you must remember their appearance firmly. It is best to let a few people leave writing calligraphy for his inn. Divide the light.

The shopkeeper memorized the name, looked at the scholars in the lobby who were still trying to justify their arguments, and couldn't help sighing in a low voice, "Jealousy drives people crazy."

He was originally born and raised in Kyoto, and he has seen a lot of things. If these guards were really here to arrest people today, how could they be so polite.

If he comes up, his inn will be demolished. If he is so polite, he must be here to invite someone. Whoever he invites, naturally he invites noble people.

"Jiang Jingyuan, Jiang Jingyuan, Jiang Jingyuan... hiss..."

The shopkeeper murmured Jiang Jingyuan's name, always feeling a little familiar, as if he had heard it somewhere before.

After reading it three times, he realized that it was not the name of this year's Tanhualang. At that time, the announcer walked past his inn with drums and gongs, and asked him if there was such a person in the inn.

At that time, the whole inn was noisy, and everyone crowded forward and back to see who was admitted this year. After listening to it, he felt that there might not be such a person in the inn.

It's no wonder that the shopkeeper didn't think about it, since Jiang Jingyuan lived in this inn, he has been living in seclusion, and usually doesn't go out when there is nothing to do.

There are so many people coming and going in the inn every day, how can he remember the names of all these guest officials, especially for such guests who are not deeply impressed, the names are even more difficult to remember.

"No wonder the guards were alerted, it turned out to be this year's Tan Hua Lang."

The shopkeeper is almost laughing from ear to ear. A Tanhua Lang once lived in their inn. With this reputation, the number of customers will increase many times.

At the foot of the emperor in the capital, I don't know how many people want to get a taste of this literary spirit, especially the inn where this literati lived.

Everyone in the lobby was discussing lively, wishing that Jiang Jingyuan would be led down respectfully by Xiao Shan when Jiang Jingyuan was unlucky.

"Jiang Tanhua, please."

Xiao Shan respectfully led the way for Jiang Jingyuan, and Jiang Jingyuan stepped down, scanning the entire hall for the people who were shocked by him.

They had such a loud discussion just now, he naturally heard a sentence or two, so he just didn't care much, because the mouth grows on other people, and he can still stick it with a seal.

But this Xiao Shan's attitude is worth pondering, he just heard the outside voice in the house, Xiao Shan is still standing by the door, it is impossible not to hear the voice.

So this attitude is intentional?

Sometimes the attitude of the emperor can directly represent the attitude of the emperor.

Jiang Jingyuan frowned inaudibly. Is the emperor so anxious now? Could it be that the court is really short of money?

Jiang Jingyuan twirled slightly with his thumb hidden in his sleeve, ignored the mob in the hall, and stepped out of the inn gate instead.

All the guards who were surrounding the inn just now returned to the line in an instant, and lined up to follow behind Xiao Shan, and walked towards the palace majesticly and magnificently.

This greatly changed Jiang Jingyuan's impression of the soldiers in ancient times, because there were also some people in Wutong County who were soldiers, but their overall state was like a ruffian, and they looked very out of tune.

Some people even scolded that they were all stinky soldiers, begging for food from stinky, which made Jiang Jingyuan somewhat preconceived, thinking that ancient soldiers were like this.

But after seeing this team in the capital, his impression of the soldiers has changed a lot. It seems that there are some people who are out of tune in every era.

In front of the palace gate is very majestic, and there are also rows of straight imperial guards standing in front of the palace gate, like guardian trees, guarding the entire palace as solid as gold, and no one will invade.

"Guard Xiao, this must be Jiang Tanhua."

An eunuch with a hoarse voice looked at Jiang Jingyuan and asked Xiao Shan sharply.

Xiao Shan nodded, pointed to the eunuch and introduced to Jiang Jingyuan, "This is Eunuch Fu who serves His Majesty, Jiang Tanhua can just follow him in."

Jiang Jingyuan greeted this Mr. Fu.

Eunuch Fu swept the dust away with his whisk, and smiled with his thin lips, "Jiang Tanhua joked and invited us."

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The imperial palace is worthy of being an imperial palace, and it is surprisingly large. Jiang Jingyuan followed this father-in-law and turned left and right. He walked through several corridors, several sky streets, and several long steps. Finally, when his feet were almost numb, Came to the imperial study room.

There was no one in the imperial study room, not even a cleaning lady. Jiang Jingyuan didn't dare to rummage through the stacked bookshelves, just staring at the calligraphy and paintings on the wall in a daze.

After some time, Jiang Jingyuan heard a chuckle, "I have heard that Jiang Tanhua's handwriting is extremely beautiful. I never thought that when I came to my imperial study, I was also interested in calligraphy and painting. It seems that Jiang Tanhua is interested in calligraphy and painting." It's embedded in the bones."

Hearing the sound, Jiang Jingyuan quickly lifted his robe and wanted to kneel down to see the emperor, but was supported by the emperor, "Tanhualang don't need to be polite, I will spare you from kneeling."

Jiang Jingyuan was not a person who liked to kneel. He knelt down and knelt down to his parents. Even if the person in front of him was the emperor who was admired by thousands of people, he still felt a little bit reluctant.

No matter how reluctant you are, this is also the ancient times. In all the ancient times that pay attention to etiquette and strict laws, you should still kneel when you should kneel.

But since the emperor exempted him from kneeling, he just needs to put on a show with peace of mind.

Jiang Jingyuan bowed to thank the emperor, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness."

The emperor ignored Jiang Jingyuan's thank you gift, walked straight past him, sat down on the chair above the imperial study, pointed to the lower seat, and signaled Jiang Jingyuan to sit down too.

Jiang Jingyuan didn't feel any panic at all, as the emperor wanted him to sit, he could do whatever he wanted.

He is so frank, but the emperor treats him differently. This Jiang Jingyuan is not very interesting. He seems to be an obedient master, but in fact he is a person with great ideas in his bones.

That's fine, he has seen a lot of obedient ministers, only those with personality can make a career out of it.

It was impossible for Jiang Jingyuan not to be nervous. The ancient emperors were not equivalent to modern leaders. He was just an ordinary person, so he was naturally nervous when he saw a leader.

But he changed his mind and regarded the emperor as the boss of a company. He felt a little more at ease. He was just an employee who had just passed the written test. Now that he was interviewing, he had to behave naturally and generously.

Any boss likes employees who are fledgling but have a sense of the situation and have some characteristics. Obviously, Jiang Jingyuan handles this aspect very well.

After the emperor was seated, the maids filed in and offered all kinds of exquisite refreshments and fragrant tea.

Smelling the long-lost fragrance of tea, Jiang Jingyuan finally found some traces of his past life. Seeing the green refreshments on the table, Jiang Jingyuan couldn't help but curl his lips in a funny way.

Thinking of Xiao Zilei looking at him with weird eyes when he was going out made him feel good.

Every word and deed of Jiang Jingyuan fell into the eyes of the emperor. Seeing him laughing at the tea and pastries, he thought he liked it, and felt a lot more relaxed.

Sure enough, young people are young after all, even if they appear mature on the surface, they will always show a different side when they see things they like.

"If you like it, let the imperial dining room pack some for you when you leave later."

The emperor picked up a cup of tea and took a sip, with a light and friendly smile on his face.

Jiang Jingyuan hurriedly concealed the inappropriate smile he showed just now, but the more he concealed it, the more flustered he appeared, and he couldn't help laughing out loud in the eyes of the emperor.

"I heard Taifu Gu said that you are an extremely mature person, but I think you are just so numb. You are still a young man, and you have a youthful side, so you don't need to pretend to be mature in front of me."

The Son of Heaven also likes to see Jiang Jingyuan embarrassing. Before, he was really afraid that Jiang Jingyuan would be an extremely difficult person. After all, with such scheming at a young age, he must be a very deep-rooted person.

It's so difficult to handle just a young man. After a few more years of ups and downs in the officialdom, I'm afraid he won't be able to see his depth even more.

But after Jiang Jingyuan met him, he was in a state of full state, but the last worry in his heart disappeared. He was obviously still a child, even if he was a little clever, but he was not so enchanting that he couldn't handle him.

"Your Majesty... just kidding..."

At this time, Jiang Jingyuan looked like a person whose essence had been seen through by others, his face was a little flushed, and he seemed a little uncomfortable when he spoke.

On the old face of the emperor, the smile deepened, and the majesty on his body also restrained a bit, like an amiable old man, "Don't be nervous, Tan Hualang, I know what I'm calling you for?"

Jiang Jingyuan shook his head stiffly, he also received the news suddenly, how could he know what the emperor came to find him for.

"I intend to give you the servant of the household department. I don't know if Jiang Tanhua can take over this position."

The emperor played with the wrench in his hand, and the words that came out of his mouth seemed to be insignificant, but his expression was still staring at Jiang Jingyuan.

Jiang Jingyuan's pupils became bigger and bigger in the eyes of the emperor, and there was a bit of ecstasy in the dark eyes, but his face was extremely calm.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, Long En. It's just a humble minister who has just entered the imperial court. Such a big position may be controversial."

Jiang Jingyuan said words of refusal, but inside and outside the words, he had already substituted himself into the role.

The emperor laughed out loud, this Jiang Jingyuan was quite interesting, but after laughing, the emperor's face became very serious again,

"There are conditions for me to give you the right servant of the household department. I must see the treasury make a profit within a year, otherwise you will go back and forth from wherever."

As the saying goes, companionship with a king is like companionship with a tiger. As expected, the emperor is still smiling at you one second, and then becomes furious the next second. Ordinary people can't figure out which one is the real him.

Jiang Jingyuan had just dealt with it with ease, but now he stood up in a cold sweat, his body trembling slightly, and he repeatedly bowed in response, "This humble minister must do his best."

The conversation between the monarch and his ministers did not last long, and soon Jiang Jingyuan was sent out of the palace by Eunuch Fu in fear.

Seeing that Jiang Jingyuan was dripping with cold sweat after being reprimanded by him, the Son of Heaven felt quite relieved, it seemed that his majesty was still there.

After Jiang Jingyuan left the palace, he easily wiped off the cold sweat that had been forced out of his forehead, and took a deep look at the palace behind him.

I sighed for the tall person sitting on the dragon chair, it really was too cold, it seemed that everything was under his control, I didn't expect that everyone was acting with him.

It's just that acting is also divided into grades, good performances will naturally win his favor, and bad performances will either be dismissed from power or have their homes ransacked.

What's more, his acting skills have already been engraved in his bones, and he comes at random, so that people can't see his authenticity.

Xu Shuizhou has been worried since Jiang Jingyuan was called into the palace. He heard that the palace is full of cannibals who don't spit out bones. The emperor is so easy to deceive. He is worried about his A Yuan.

So not long after Jiang Jingyuan left, he sneaked to the palace to wait. The sun in the north was already a little bit hot at the end of March. He stood under the sun for nearly two hours at this station, his little face was flushed red. .

Originally, the north was not as humid as the south, the air was dry, and after so long in the sun, his face looked rough at this moment.

"A Yuan, here."

Seeing Jiang Jingyuan coming out of the palace, Xu Shuizhou popped out from behind a stone lion, but he didn't want to almost alarm the guards in front of the palace.

Jiang Jingyuan smiled apologetically at the guards, then stepped forward to pull Xu Shuizhou over, and asked in surprise, "Why are you here?"

"I'm worried about you."

Xu Shuizhou looked at Jiang Jingyuan's whole body, and was completely relieved when he saw that his body was intact, "It is said that the emperor in the palace is moody, I'm afraid you will be rude and make him unhappy."

"It's okay, even the emperor can't eat me."

Jiang Jingyuan lowered his voice and whispered in Xu Shuizhou's ear, but he didn't dare to let the guards in front of the palace gate hear them talking about the emperor.

Jiang Jingyuan touched Xu Shuizhou's peeling face from the sun, feeling a little distressed, he managed to raise his ah Zhou to be white and fat, and it took him two hours to make him look like this, his lips were slightly pursed, "Why don't you take care of yourself?" Stay in the inn, even if you are worried about me, just send someone to pick you up."

Xu Shuizhou squinted at Jiang Jingyuan, his face was a little unnatural, he looked down at his toes, and said in a muffled voice, "I told you not to be angry."

"Well, tell me."

Jiang Jingyuan didn't understand what Xu Shuizhou looked like, and he must have encountered difficulties again.

"After you left, the inn began to be lively. Many people came to watch the excitement. The second floor was crowded with people. Then Xiao Zilei somehow saw that my eyes are not eyes and my nose is not nose. I don't care if I stay Bored, I simply ran out to pick you up."

Xu Shuizhou didn't know what happened to Xiao Zilei today, he looked at him rather strangely, and said nonsense from time to time, which made him baffled.

"What did he tell you?"

Mentioning Xiao Zilei, Jiang Jingyuan frowned, and there were still some pastries bestowed by the emperor in his arms, it seemed that someone helped to share them.

Xu Shuizhou was also very strange, "He didn't say anything, he just said something like asking me to make you a hat. I was surprised that the weather was going to be hot, and I couldn't give you a hat if I made it for you. Cover the rash."

"anything else."

Jiang Jingyuan's breathing was slightly stagnant, it was really good, today he couldn't finish stuffing mung bean cakes, and asked his husband to make him a hat.

"What's more, after a while, I said a branch of red apricot came out of the wall, and pointed to the mung bean cake and asked me if it was green or not."

Xu Shuizhou was a bit bored when he spoke, he wasn't really stupid, why couldn't he understand Xiao Zilei's words, but he always thought he was innocent, he never walked out of the house at home, his figure never left Within Chen Xiuxiu's line of sight.

How could he do such a thing.

"It's wonderful."

Jiang Jingyuan squeezed his hands a little bit hard, and gritted his teeth hard. It seems that some people are out of control.